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theprivatewolf · 7 months

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Beyond Chatbots: Why AI Can Offer Your Company So Much More

In today’s fast-paced and dynamic business landscape, the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a matter of choice but a necessity for staying competitive. While chatbots have been the poster child for AI applications in recent years, there’s so much more to AI than just automating customer interactions. In this blog, we’ll explore the diverse ways in which AI can transform your company, from enhancing customer experiences to boosting employee motivation and retention.

1. Transforming Customer Experiences

AI is revolutionizing the way companies engage with their customers. Beyond traditional chatbots, AI-driven technologies such as virtual assistants, natural language processing, and sentiment analysis can provide highly personalized and efficient customer experiences. By analyzing vast amounts of data, AI systems can anticipate customer needs, offer tailored recommendations, and resolve issues in real-time. This not only increases customer satisfaction but also leads to higher customer loyalty and improved brand perception.

2. Machine Learning — A Route to Greater Efficiencies

Machine learning, a subset of AI, can be a game-changer when it comes to operational efficiency. It empowers businesses to optimize various processes, from supply chain management and inventory forecasting to marketing campaigns and fraud detection. Machine learning algorithms learn from historical data, adapt to changing patterns, and make predictions or decisions with remarkable accuracy. This enables your company to reduce costs, minimize errors, and make better-informed strategic decisions.

3. AI-Powered Facial Recognition

AI-powered facial recognition has found applications beyond security and law enforcement. It’s now making its way into industries such as retail, healthcare, and entertainment. Facial recognition can enhance customer service by identifying individuals and customizing interactions based on their preferences. For example, in retail, AI can enable cashier-less stores, simplifying the shopping experience for customers. However, it’s crucial to address privacy and security concerns when implementing facial recognition to build trust among your customers.

4. Employee Motivation and Retention

AI isn’t just about customer-facing applications; it can also significantly impact your workforce. Employee engagement and motivation are vital for a company’s success. AI can help by automating repetitive and mundane tasks, freeing up employees to focus on more creative and strategic work. Additionally, AI can provide personalized training and development programs, helping employees upskill and advance in their careers. When employees feel valued and see opportunities for growth, they are more likely to stay with your company, reducing turnover rates.

5. How Can You Leverage AI to Benefit Your Business?

To harness the full potential of AI for your company, consider these steps:

a. Identify Your Business Goals: Determine how AI can align with your business objectives, whether it’s improving customer service, increasing efficiency, or enhancing employee satisfaction.

b. Data Gathering and Preparation: AI relies on data. Ensure you have quality data and the necessary infrastructure for data collection, storage, and processing.

c. Select the Right AI Technologies: Explore different AI tools and technologies that suit your needs. Consult with experts if necessary to make informed choices.

d. Training and Integration: Implement AI solutions and provide training for your employees to effectively use and maintain them.

e. Ethical Considerations: Address ethical concerns such as data privacy and transparency. Ensure that you comply with regulations and industry standards.

f. Continuous Improvement: AI is an ever-evolving field. Stay updated with the latest developments and continuously refine your AI strategies to stay ahead in the market.

In conclusion, AI offers a wealth of opportunities that extend far beyond chatbots. By leveraging AI to transform customer experiences, enhance operational efficiency, implement facial recognition, and improve employee motivation and retention, your company can thrive in an increasingly competitive marketplace. To reap the benefits of AI, it’s essential to have a well-defined strategy and a commitment to ongoing innovation and improvement.

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ritviksingh · 7 months

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Understanding AI and Automation, Orange Mantra

Understanding AI and automation is crucial in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape. AI, or artificial intelligence, refers to the development of computer systems that can perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence, such as problem-solving, decision-making, and pattern recognition. Automation, on the other hand, involves the use of technology to streamline and mechanize repetitive tasks, reducing the need for human intervention. Together, AI and automation are reshaping industries, improving efficiency, and revolutionizing the way we work and live.

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lorenzonuti · 7 months

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mostlysignssomeportents · 9 months

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Supervised AI isn't

It wasn't just Ottawa: Microsoft Travel published a whole bushel of absurd articles, including the notorious Ottawa guide recommending that tourists dine at the Ottawa Food Bank ("go on an empty stomach"):

https://twitter.com/parismarx/status/1692233111260582161

After Paris Marx pointed out the Ottawa article, Business Insider's Nathan McAlone found several more howlers:

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-removes-embarrassing-offensive-ai-assisted-travel-articles-2023-8

There was the article recommending that visitors to Montreal try "a hamburger" and went on to explain that a hamburger was a "sandwich comprised of a ground beef patty, a sliced bun of some kind, and toppings such as lettuce, tomato, cheese, etc" and that some of the best hamburgers in Montreal could be had at McDonald's.

For Anchorage, Microsoft recommended trying the local delicacy known as "seafood," which it defined as "basically any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish," going on to say, "seafood is a versatile ingredient, so it makes sense that we eat it worldwide."

In Tokyo, visitors seeking "photo-worthy spots" were advised to "eat Wagyu beef."

There were more.

Microsoft insisted that this wasn't an issue of "unsupervised AI," but rather "human error." On its face, this presents a head-scratcher: is Microsoft saying that a human being erroneously decided to recommend the dining at Ottawa's food bank?

But a close parsing of the mealy-mouthed disclaimer reveals the truth. The unnamed Microsoft spokesdroid only appears to be claiming that this wasn't written by an AI, but they're actually just saying that the AI that wrote it wasn't "unsupervised." It was a supervised AI, overseen by a human. Who made an error. Thus: the problem was human error.

This deliberate misdirection actually reveals a deep truth about AI: that the story of AI being managed by a "human in the loop" is a fantasy, because humans are neurologically incapable of maintaining vigilance in watching for rare occurrences.

Our brains wire together neurons that we recruit when we practice a task. When we don't practice a task, the parts of our brain that we optimized for it get reused. Our brains are finite and so don't have the luxury of reserving precious cells for things we don't do.

That's why the TSA sucks so hard at its job – why they are the world's most skilled water-bottle-detecting X-ray readers, but consistently fail to spot the bombs and guns that red teams successfully smuggle past their checkpoints:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigation-breaches-us-airports-allowed-weapons-through-n367851

TSA agents (not "officers," please – they're bureaucrats, not cops) spend all day spotting water bottles that we forget in our carry-ons, but almost no one tries to smuggle a weapons through a checkpoint – 99.999999% of the guns and knives they do seize are the result of flier forgetfulness, not a planned hijacking.

In other words, they train all day to spot water bottles, and the only training they get in spotting knives, guns and bombs is in exercises, or the odd time someone forgets about the hand-cannon they shlep around in their day-pack. Of course they're excellent at spotting water bottles and shit at spotting weapons.

This is an inescapable, biological aspect of human cognition: we can't maintain vigilance for rare outcomes. This has long been understood in automation circles, where it is called "automation blindness" or "automation inattention":

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29939767/

Here's the thing: if nearly all of the time the machine does the right thing, the human "supervisor" who oversees it becomes incapable of spotting its error. The job of "review every machine decision and press the green button if it's correct" inevitably becomes "just press the green button," assuming that the machine is usually right.

This is a huge problem. It's why people just click "OK" when they get a bad certificate error in their browsers. 99.99% of the time, the error was caused by someone forgetting to replace an expired certificate, but the problem is, the other 0.01% of the time, it's because criminals are waiting for you to click "OK" so they can steal all your money:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ema-report-finds-nearly-80-130300983.html

Automation blindness can't be automated away. From interpreting radiographic scans:

https://healthitanalytics.com/news/ai-could-safely-automate-some-x-ray-interpretation

to autonomous vehicles:

https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/automated-vehicles-may-encourage-new-breed-distracted-drivers

The "human in the loop" is a figleaf. The whole point of automation is to create a system that operates at superhuman scale – you don't buy an LLM to write one Microsoft Travel article, you get it to write a million of them, to flood the zone, top the search engines, and dominate the space.

As I wrote earlier: "There's no market for a machine-learning autopilot, or content moderation algorithm, or loan officer, if all it does is cough up a recommendation for a human to evaluate. Either that system will work so poorly that it gets thrown away, or it works so well that the inattentive human just button-mashes 'OK' every time a dialog box appears":

https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/21/let-me-summarize/#i-read-the-abstract

Microsoft – like every corporation – is insatiably horny for firing workers. It has spent the past three years cutting its writing staff to the bone, with the express intention of having AI fill its pages, with humans relegated to skimming the output of the plausible sentence-generators and clicking "OK":

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-news-cuts-dozens-of-staffers-in-shift-to-ai-2020-5

We know about the howlers and the clunkers that Microsoft published, but what about all the other travel articles that don't contain any (obvious) mistakes? These were very likely written by a stochastic parrot, and they comprised training data for a human intelligence, the poor schmucks who are supposed to remain vigilant for the "hallucinations" (that is, the habitual, confidently told lies that are the hallmark of AI) in the torrent of "content" that scrolled past their screens:

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922

Like the TSA agents who are fed a steady stream of training data to hone their water-bottle-detection skills, Microsoft's humans in the loop are being asked to pluck atoms of difference out of a raging river of otherwise characterless slurry. They are expected to remain vigilant for something that almost never happens – all while they are racing the clock, charged with preventing a slurry backlog at all costs.

Automation blindness is inescapable – and it's the inconvenient truth that AI boosters conspicuously fail to mention when they are discussing how they will justify the trillion-dollar valuations they ascribe to super-advanced autocomplete systems. Instead, they wave around "humans in the loop," using low-waged workers as props in a Big Store con, just a way to (temporarily) cool the marks.

And what of the people who lose their (vital) jobs to (terminally unsuitable) AI in the course of this long-running, high-stakes infomercial?

Well, there's always the food bank.

"Go on an empty stomach."

Going to Burning Man? Catch me on Tuesday at 2:40pm on the Center Camp Stage for a talk about enshittification and how to reverse it; on Wednesday at noon, I'm hosting Dr Patrick Ball at Liminal Labs (6:15/F) for a talk on using statistics to prove high-level culpability in the recruitment of child soldiers.

On September 6 at 7pm, I'll be hosting Naomi Klein at the LA Public Library for the launch of Doppelganger.

On September 12 at 7pm, I'll be at Toronto's Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/23/automation-blindness/#humans-in-the-loop

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alwaysbewoke · 2 months

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ugackminer · 1 year

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So, I made a tool to stop AI from stealing from writers

So seeing this post really inspired me in order to make a tool that writers could use in order to make it unreadable to AI.

And it works! You can try out the online demo, and view all of the code that runs it here!

It does more than just mangle text though! It's also able to invisibly hide author and copyright info, so that you can have definitive proof that someone's stealing your works if they're doing a simple copy and paste!

Below is an example of Scrawl in action!

Τо հսⅿаոѕ, 𝗍հᎥꜱ 𝗍ех𝗍 𐌉ο໐𝗄ꜱ ո໐𝗋ⅿаⵏ, 𝖻ս𝗍 𝗍о ᴄоⅿрս𝗍е𝗋ꜱ, Ꭵ𝗍'ѕ սո𝗋еаⅾа𝖻ⵏе!

[Text reads "To humans, this text looks normal, but to computers, it's unreadable!"]

Of course, this "Anti-AI" mode comes with some pretty serious accessibility issues, like breaking screen readers and other TTS software, but there's no real way to make text readable to one AI but not to another AI.

If you're okay with it, you can always have Anti-AI mode off, which will make it so that AIs can understand your text while embedding invisible characters to save your copyright information! (as long as the website you're posting on doesn't remove those characters!)

But, the Anti-AI mode is pretty cool.

#also just to be clear this isn't a magical bullet or anything #people can find and remove the invisible characters if they know they're there #and the anti-ai mode can be reverted by basically taking scrawl's code and reversing it #but for webscrapers that just try to download all of your works or automated systems they wont spend the time on it #and it will mess with their training >:)#ai writing #anti ai writing #ai #machine learning #artificial intelligence #chatgpt #writers

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▸ Top 3 industries that are most prone to AI automation are: office support, legal, and engineering.

▸ AI automation could impact up to 300 million jobs globally, and potentially result in a 7% increase in annual GDP.

(via Industries with the highest potential for AI (infographic))

#artificial intelligence #ai #automation #machine learning #chart #infographic #writer updated

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techadventuress · 7 months

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Sachin Dev Duggal's Builder.ai Secures Massive Funding from QIA to Pioneer AI-Driven Software Development

QIA also known as Qatar Investment Authority in its expanded form, has invested a significant fund of $250 million in a Series D funding round in the British-Indian serial entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal’s Builder. ai.

Sachin Dev Duggal is the founder and CEO of Builder. ai, also known as Chief Wizard of Builder. ai, a human-assisted AI platform that makes building and running software as easy as ordering pizza. In 2012, he started Builder. ai to enable anyone to build or construct any concept, without the requirement for coding knowledge and without wasting time, money, and resources.

According to Sachin Dev Duggal, his company has already started investing in AI and automation, which will subsequently improve the ongoing work with more advancements and efficiency, empowering customers more and at the same time responsibly using new frontier technology.

#artificial intelligence #technology #builder.ai #sachin dev duggal #sachin dev duggal builder.ai #sachin duggal #microsoft #futurism #software #automation

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lilithism1848 · 8 months

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loneberry · 9 months

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Here’s my interview with Christopher Soto on AI + labor in the LA Times!!

#technology #la times #Los Angeles times #labor #ai #artificial intelligence #Christopher soto #Jackie Wang #science and technology studies #marxism #political economy #writing #literature #poetry #automation

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theprivatewolf · 8 months

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Small Business Ideas in UAE: Opportunities for Success

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a thriving hub for entrepreneurship, offering a fertile ground for small business ventures to flourish. With its strategic location, diverse population, and strong economy, the UAE presents a myriad of opportunities for budding entrepreneurs. In this blog, we’ll explore eight promising small business ideas that are gaining traction in the UAE market.

Cybersecurity

As the digital landscape continues to expand, the demand for cybersecurity services in the UAE is on the rise. Small businesses can specialize in providing robust cybersecurity solutions to protect other businesses from cyber threats, ensuring the safety of sensitive data and information.

Ecommerce

The UAE’s e-commerce sector is booming, driven by a tech-savvy population and increasing online shopping trends. Entrepreneurs can tap into this market by starting their own e-commerce platforms, offering everything from fashion and electronics to artisanal goods and specialty products.

Bakery Business

With a penchant for luxury and indulgence, the UAE is a great place for starting a bakery business. Offering gourmet pastries, custom cakes, and traditional treats can attract a loyal customer base in this dessert-loving nation.

Artificial Intelligence and Automation

The UAE government is actively promoting innovation and technology adoption. Small businesses specializing in AI and automation solutions, such as chatbots, process optimization, and data analytics, can find ample opportunities for growth.

Translation Services

The UAE is a multicultural society, and businesses often require translation services to reach a wider audience. Starting a translation agency can be a profitable venture, catering to the diverse linguistic needs of the market.

Accounting or Bookkeeping

With the country’s growing business landscape, there’s a constant demand for financial expertise. Entrepreneurs with a background in accounting or bookkeeping can provide essential financial services to businesses in the UAE.

Beauty or Hair Salon

The beauty and personal care industry is thriving in the UAE, with a strong emphasis on grooming and wellness. Opening a beauty or hair salon can be a lucrative endeavor, offering services ranging from hairstyling to spa treatments.

Cleaning or Laundry Services

Advantages of Small Business Startups in the UAE

Beyond the specific business ideas mentioned, there are several advantages to launching a small business in the UAE. These include:

Strategic Location: The UAE’s central location serves as a gateway to the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, facilitating international trade and business expansion.

Tax Benefits: The UAE offers tax-friendly environments in free zones, allowing businesses to operate with minimal tax obligations.

Diverse Economy: The country has a diversified economy, reducing dependency on a single sector, and providing opportunities in various industries.

Government Support: The UAE government provides support and incentives for small businesses, including grants, mentorship programs, and access to financing.

Safety and Stability: The UAE offers a safe and stable environment for business operations, ensuring peace of mind for entrepreneurs.

In conclusion, the UAE’s dynamic business landscape is ripe with opportunities for small business startups. Whether you’re interested in cybersecurity, e-commerce, or any other field, with the right planning and execution, your entrepreneurial dreams can take root and thrive in this dynamic nation.

M.Hussnain

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machineinghost · 1 month

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Power Plant, acrylic on linen, 30 x 30 inch

Celebrating reverse optimization and effort through painting by hand and machine.

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” —Vincent van Gogh

#painting #handpainted #automation #livingmachine #synthetic life #artificial intelligence #transgenic

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The industrialization of art

In the cavernous depths of the digital age, a sinister specter looms over the once hallowed halls of artistic expression. Welcome to the era of industrialized art, where the delicate tapestry of human creativity is torn asunder by the cold, calculating hands of technology.

Imagine a world where every stroke of the brush, every word penned, every note sung, is not the product of passion, soul, and humanity, but merely the output of an algorithmic assembly line. Canvases are churned out by the thousands, their vibrant colors muted by the soulless efficiency of mass production. Novels are generated at the speed of light, their plots recycled ad infinitum in an endless loop of digital replication.

In this dystopian-like landscape, where art itself is mass produced like boxes and machinery, the very essence of art itself is commodified, stripped of its intrinsic value and reduced to mere digits on a screen. Paintings, poems, symphonies, and soul touching stories of humanity all are rendered indistinguishable from one another, their uniqueness drowned out by the deafening roar of automation.

But let us not forget the human cost of this relentless march towards instant progress. Just as the artisans and craftsmen in history were swept aside by the tidal wave of industrialization, where products produced by their careful hands took too long to come into existence compared to the machines. So too are the poets and painters of today faced with obsolescence in the face of artificial intelligence. Those who once poured their hearts and souls into their craft find themselves outpaced and outgunned by machines that know no fatigue, no emotion, no empathy, and so the rise of capitalism. Consider the poets who once spun verse from the fabric of their dreams, now relegated to the dustbin of history by lines of code. Reflect on the painters whose brushstrokes once captured the essence of the human spirit, now lost in the cacophony of digital noise. It is also perhaps the capitalization of art.

For in the end, the true tragedy of industrialized art lies not in the loss of creativity, but in the loss of humanity itself. And as we stand on the precipice of this brave new world, remember that the soul of art will always lie in the hands of those who dare to defy the machines, and keep the flame of creativity burning bright in the darkness.

But perhaps, if we stop and think, the most chilling of all is the realization that even this very piece of writing, these words you are reading right now, may have been born not from the depths of a human mind, but from the cold, unfeeling algorithms of an artificial intelligence. Yes, dear reader, even as you ponder the implications of industrialized art, you may unwittingly find yourself in the thrall of the very phenomenon you seek to understand.

For in the end, does it truly matter whether these words were crafted by man or machine? Does it matter whether they sprang forth from the mind of a human soul or were merely pieced together by lines of code? The answer, dear reader, lies not in the origin of these words, but in the impact they have on your consciousness. And in that regard, perhaps the true artistry lies not in the creation of the work itself, but in the mystery of its creation~ a mystery that may forever remain hidden

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Cracking the Code: Manifesting Success with AI-Driven Marketing Strategies

As the domain of marketing technology continues to grow at a rapid pace and is driven by growth in artificial intelligence (AI) and personalization, marketers encounter exciting opportunities as well as daunting challenges. Adapting to these changes requires practical approaches that allow organizations to stay current, manage change effectively, and operate at scale.

In this article, we explore five practical tactics to help modern marketing teams adapt and thrive in this dynamic environment:

Embrace More 'Human' Customer Engagement Technology:

While chatbots have been around for decades, advancements in AI have significantly enhanced their capabilities. Today, AI-powered chatbots can engage with customers in a remarkably human-like manner, providing round-the-clock support and valuable insights.

Leveraging chatbots not only improves customer experience but also generates valuable data for outbound marketing initiatives. By analyzing customer queries and interactions, marketers can easily get valuable data that can enhance their marketing strategies.

Harness Customer Data Responsibly:

Customers willingly share personal information with companies, providing valuable insights into their preferences, behaviours, and sentiments. Marketers must mine this data responsibly and use it to deliver personalized experiences and targeted offers.

By leveraging predictive analytics and machine learning, marketers can analyze data faster and make informed decisions to enhance omnichannel marketing efforts.

Utilize Content Repurposing Tools:

Authentic content remains paramount in marketing, but creating content for various channels and platforms can be challenging. Content repurposing tools like Optimizely and Interaction Studio help marketers adapt long-form content into social media posts, videos, and other formats.

Expanding your content footprint not only enhances brand visibility but also allows for faster learning and adaptation to changing market dynamics.

Invest in Upskilling Your Team:

While AI-based tools offer significant automation potential, managing and mastering these technologies require skilled professionals. Marketers must invest in continuous learning and cross-functional collaboration to stay ahead.

Effective leadership and teamwork are essential for navigating the complexities of modern marketing. Encouraging knowledge sharing and collaboration across teams fosters a culture of innovation and growth.

Embrace Transformational Opportunities:

As AI continues to reshape the marketing landscape, traditional metrics of success are being redefined. Marketers must embrace the transformative potential of AI and other emerging technologies to serve their customers better.

When evaluating new ideas and technologies, marketers should prioritize customer value and align them with their brand and company values. By focusing on solutions that genuinely benefit customers, marketers can drive meaningful impact and success.

In conclusion, navigating the ever-evolving domain of AI-driven marketing requires a blend of innovative strategies and steadfast principles. By embracing more human-centric engagement technologies, responsibly harnessing customer data, utilizing content repurposing tools, investing in team upskilling, and embracing transformational opportunities, modern marketing teams can position themselves for success. The key lies in adapting to change while remaining true to customer-centric values, fostering collaboration, and prioritizing solutions that genuinely benefit the audience. With these practical tactics in hand, marketers can not only thrive but also lead the way in shaping the future of marketing.

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Romanian AI Helps Farmers and Institutions Get Better Access to EU Funds - Technology Org

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Romanian AI Helps Farmers and Institutions Get Better Access to EU Funds - Technology Org

A Romanian state agency overseeing rural investments has adopted artificial intelligence to aid farmers in accessing European Union funds.

Gardening based on aquaculture technology. Image credit: sasint via Pixabay, free license

The Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) revealed that it integrated robots from software automation firm UiPath approximately two years ago. These robots have assumed the arduous task of accessing state databases to gather land registry and judicial records required by farmers, entrepreneurs, and state entities applying for EU funding.

George Chirita, director of AFIR, emphasized the role of AI-driven automation was groundbreaking in expediting the most important organizational processes for farmers, thereby enhancing their efficiency. Since the introduction of these robots, AFIR has managed financing requests totaling 5.32 billion euros ($5.75 billion) from over 50,000 beneficiaries, including farmers, businesses, and local institutions.

The implementation of robots has notably saved AFIR staff approximately 784 days’ worth of document searches. Over the past two decades, AFIR has disbursed funds amounting to 21 billion euros.

Despite Romania’s burgeoning status as a technology hub with a highly skilled workforce, the nation continues to lag behind its European counterparts in offering digital public services to citizens and businesses, and in effectively accessing EU development funds. Eurostat data from 2023 indicated that only 28% of Romanians possessed basic digital skills, significantly below the EU average of 54%. Moreover, Romania’s digital public services scored 45, well below the EU average of 84.

UiPath, the Romanian company valued at $13.3 billion following its public listing on the New York Stock Exchange, also provides automation solutions to agricultural agencies in other countries, including Norway and the United States.

Written by Vytautas Valinskas

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midnightfunk · 1 year

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#automation #late stage capitalism #socialism #universal basic income #technology #ai #artificial intelligence #social theory #social transformation #aaron benanav

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